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p.1 #1 · United Breaks Guitars | youtube vid

Not done by a photographer, but shoulda been:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo

The story:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/scavenger/detail?entry_id=43314

-m

Jul 09, 2009 at 10:26 PM

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p.1 #2 · United Breaks Guitars | youtube vid

Hilarious.

Why my camera gear goes are carry-on!

John

Jul 10, 2009 at 02:23 AM

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p.1 #3 · United Breaks Guitars | youtube vid

Thanks for posting this!!!!!

Jul 10, 2009 at 03:07 AM

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p.1 #4 · United Breaks Guitars | youtube vid

I saw this a few days ago - and am busy posting it everywhere I can

I have both really expensive camera equipment and Taylor guitars (much more emotional investment and much less replaceability in the guitars )

here's the guy's full story from his webpage:

dave carroll music

Jul 10, 2009 at 05:44 PM

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p.1 #5 · United Breaks Guitars | youtube vid

That's great - one way to get back at 'em. Just reminds me why I never check camera gear!

Jul 10, 2009 at 07:33 PM

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p.1 #6 · United Breaks Guitars | youtube vid

mauriceramirez wrote:
Not done by a photographer, but shoulda been:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo

The story:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/scavenger/detail?entry_id=43314

-m

new video

Wait for till the end. After the credits ended, united had a final 'comment' I laughted for a while.

Joe

Aug 18, 2009 at 05:22 PM

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p.1 #7 · United Breaks Guitars | youtube vid

It wasan't until I'd read this several times that I realized he said this:

When I got to Omaha it was around 12:30 am. The plane was late arriving and there were no employees visible. Although I was told later that it wouldn’t have mattered, I should have taken my hard case out of the padded protective exterior case to examine the guitar at the airport but I didn’t. The guitar case looked ok and we were tired, went to the hotel and then to sleep for our early morning pick-up by the tour managers the next day. When they picked us up in the early morning we would not be back in Omaha for seven days. It was later that day at sound check that I discovered that the base of my Taylor had been smashed.

He waited HOURS and until they were in a different city in another state to check the guitar for damage. This doesn't excuse airline employees playing pitch-n-toss with a valuable musical instrument (I've been playing guitar since the mid 1970s and respect quality instruments) but ...

My PERSONAL opinion.

Aug 19, 2009 at 07:59 PM

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p.1 #8 · United Breaks Guitars | youtube vid

Awesome. Made my day...

Aug 20, 2009 at 06:31 PM

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p.1 #9 · United Breaks Guitars | youtube vid

United is no different to any other airline in my experience. Crummy customer service, crummy baggage handling, crummy ticketing and pricing policies, and cramped/dirty planes. At least he got his guitar at the other end, broken or not. If he'd flown on, say, British Airways then his guitar would possibly have disappeared altogether.

I am rather baffled why a musican on a tour would not have insurance for his gear. Then he could have just left it up to his insurance company to battle the airline. One reason why I never check anything valuable unless I know it's insured by me.

It is sad that what used to be one of the best US airlines has become one of the worst (but not THE worst... that honor IMO goes to American Airlines, a truly awful excuse for an airline)

Aug 25, 2009 at 01:50 AM

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p.1 #10 · United Breaks Guitars | youtube vid

mauriceramirez wrote:
Not done by a photographer, but shoulda been:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo

The story:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/scavenger/detail?entry_id=43314

-m

Actually, the Director of the video is an excellent fine art photographer named Steve Richard. He's been shooting commercial photography for over 30 years, spending about 15 of those in the Carribean. A few years ago he got seriously into motion pictures, and has become one of the city's better DPs. Steve is also my studio partner, and the guy I've been learning from for the last couple years. That video was shot in our studio. =)

Aug 26, 2009 at 01:16 PM


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